feminate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin feminatus effeminate.

Adjective[edit]

feminate (comparative more feminate, superlative most feminate)

  1. (obsolete) feminine
    • 1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act 5 acene 3:
      a feminate authority

References[edit]

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fēmināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fēminātus

Participle[edit]

femināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of feminātus

Verb[edit]

femināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of feminō
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